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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say Sia’s last name is in Chapter 7?

2. Where does Sia first encounter her reflection after she awakens on the park bench in Chapter 1?

3. When Sia is left alone with her mother in Chapter 17, she asks her to commit to going to a rehab center for how long?

4. Sia asks Beatriz if she can help her do what in Chapter 13?

5. What profession does Stacy’s parents both hold in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carol’s response when Sia asks her how she came to be homeless in Chapter 6?

2. What conflict is taking place when Sia awakens in Chapter 6? What does Sia do?

3. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

4. Whom does Sia see and recognize in her class in Chapter 12? How is this character described by Sia’s friends?

5. Where does Sia go to take shelter from the storm in the evening in Chapter 2? What does Sia find to use for self-defense?

6. What does Carol teach Sia in Chapter 5? What does Carol tell Sia about finding work?

7. What clues indicate to Sia where she is located in Chapter 1? Why does Sia not go to the police, considering her condition?

8. What motivates Sia to ask John to take her to the soup kitchen in Chapter 13? How does John respond?

9. Who are Sia’s friends that come to visit her in Chapter 10? How are they described?

10. How is Sia’s mother described when Sia first observes her in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the Holloway Home in Beverly Hills, California. How big is the population of Beverly Hills? How are the homes here described? How does this setting contrast with the setting of the homeless encampment under the bridge?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Carol in the novel. How old is Carol? How does the narrator describe Carol’s appearance? Why do you think Carol attempts to help Sia?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and analyze the characters of Tito and Mikey in the narrative. How old are these characters? What do Tito and Mikey have in common? How do they differ?

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